republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-159.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BLOOD BANK.	This Act removes membership with the Blood Bank of Delaware as a recognized benefit by the State due to changes in policies in how hospitals and insurance companies bill for blood replacement and blood replacement procedures.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 159	Delaware SB 159 (152)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2023-06-01	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/3783a1d2-0e7d-45bc-8c49-958f0976e3ce	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140497	15cc86dbcbc181eb02829bce791b9b54319f5d38aaa9db2c2db33e57e035e1bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 159 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BLOOD BANK.

This Act removes membership with the Blood Bank of Delaware as a recognized benefit by the State due to changes in policies in how hospitals and insurance companies bill for blood replacement and blood replacement procedures.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-03-14 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3783a1d2-0e7d-45bc-8c49-958f0976e3ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).